According to Ancient Minoan marriage rules, first cousin marriages were nothing unusual in the particular society.

In the Middle Ages, a plague killed a third of Europe's population. Fleas carried the plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, ...

Greek theater turned Thebes into an immortal warning tale, but archaeology reveals a very real Bronze Age powerhouse of frescoed workshops, armories, storerooms, and Linear B administration. From ...

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey had its first trailer premiere online this week, and while most are excited about the movie, ...

From Pausanias’ ancient notes to Schliemann’s famous “Mask of Agamemnon,” this journey traces how Mycenae rose from early settlement to the most formidable fortress in the Aegean—built on wealth, ...

A striking new poster for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey was just released, and its meaning might be a little more than skin ...

A new, freely accessible dataset published in Nature Scientific Data documents 483 substantial settlements from the Middle ...

New digital database reveals 483 Bronze Age sites in Anatolia, offering key insights into ancient settlements and regional ...

Archaeologists in Boeslunde dug up a pair of Bronze Age weapons made of — even though the Iron Age wouldn't begin here for ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

The average weight for a woman in the U.S. is about 171 pounds, but this number can change with age and height. Factors like age, height, and body composition affect what a healthy weight is for ...